Kyle Busch has the most laps led in the MENCS at Bristol among active drivers –and the ninth most in Cup history - with 1,960 circuits led. The next closest active competitor is Matt Kenseth with 1,572 laps. Busch and his brother Kurt Busch are tied for the most Cup wins at Bristol among active drivers with five.
Heading into Bristol Truex leads the NASCAR Cup Series in the following categories: race wins (4), top-10 finishes (16), driver points (933), playoff bonus points (35), stage wins (15), stage points (312), laps led (1372), miles led (1970), fastest laps (825), average starting position (7.3), average finishing position (10.7), average running position (7.8) and driver ranking (114.4).
Ford won its first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway on March 31, 1963 when Fireball Roberts won the Southeastern 500. What made the win so noteworthy is that it marked the debut of Roberts with Ford as a teammate of Fred Lorenzen’s at Holman-Moody.
In 164 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starts at Bristol Motor Speedway, Richard Childress Racing boasts nine wins - seven with Dale Earnhardt, one with Kevin Harvick and one with Jeff Burton - three pole awards, 34 top-five and 67 top-10 finishes.
21 year-old Landon Huffman is set to make his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) debut in the UNOH 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 16th. He will drive MB Motorsports’ #63 Mittler Brothers Machine & Tool Chevy.
The No. 21 team will utilize GMS chassis no. 118 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Sauter has raced this chassis eight times over the last two seasons. In those eight races, he has finished no worse than seventh and has earned two wins (Texas-2 2016 and Dover 2017) and 7 top-five finishes.
“I can’t wait to get to Bristol,” said Bell. “I’ve definitely had this one circled on my calendar. Bristol is one of my favorite tracks that we race at. I think we will have a truck capable of contending this weekend, so I’m really looking forward to getting back to a short track.”
“I can’t wait to get to Bristol,” said Bell. “I’ve definitely had this one circled on my calendar. Bristol is one of my favorite tracks that we race at. I think we will have a truck capable of contending this weekend, so I’m really looking forward to getting back to a short track.”
Recap: Competing at his home track at Michigan International Speedway (MIS), Brad Keselowski started from the pole in the No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion and led a race-high 105 laps Sunday in the Pure Michigan 400 but the native of Rochester Hills, Mich., was not able to secure his first career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory at the two-mile superspeedway located in the Irish Hills of Michigan.
Kyle Larson made 2017 his own celebration at Michigan International Speedway. He once again used a late-lap pass to win the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Pure Michigan 400.
The 2019 Truck Series regular-season champion from Fairhope, Alabama, led five of 100 laps and fended off Landen Lewis during a three-lap shootout to notch his first Truck victory in 40 races in Lakeville, Connecticut.
Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell were made available to the media on Saturday prior to the NASCAR Cup Series race from EchoPark Speedway near Atlanta.
The 2023 Cup Series champion from High Point, North Carolina, clocked in a pole-winning lap at 179.912 mph in 30.815 seconds for his second Cup pole of 2026 at Atlanta's EchoPark Speedway.
Chase Elliott, driver of the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, met with the media in advance of the NASCAR Cup Series qualifying session at EchoPark Speedway.
